Climate Change and Adaption to Natural Hazards

Governments, cities, and businesses alike, are facing significant challenges related to population growth, resource demands and constraints, and extreme weather events, that impact the resiliency and sustainability of our water supply and infrastructure.

Committing to Climate Adaption and Sustainability for New Zealand

Across Aotearoa New Zealand, our cities are growing in vulnerability as we suffer increasing impacts of storm-surge and more frequent and heavy rainfalls. We are working with cities, water utilities and developers across Aotearoa to deliver future ready approaches and solutions that will enhance liveability and resiliency.

At WSP we are committed to integrating the principles of sustainability to help our clients design lasting solutions for the advancement of our built and natural environments. We help ensure that future infrastructure is resilient to the many challenges that a changing climate will bring to our clients and their assets and property.

Our services include:

Awareness raising and capacity building
Risk and vulnerability assessments
Climate resilient infrastructure
Policy and planning

North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery (NCTIR)

The success of the undertaking also hinged on extensive engagement with stakeholders, collaborating with communities impacted by the earthquake, and operating with delicacy within a region of substantial ecological, cultural, and archaeological importance.

slip sliding away

The escalating frequency of extreme climatic conditions indicates that the amplified occurrence of severe landslide events might be a consequence of the exacerbating impact of climate change on our susceptibility to such events.

building resilience in an age of change

The community of engineers is encountering a confluence of formidable hurdles, encompassing the augmentation of the seismic resilience of the nation's constructed milieu, and devising solutions to cater to the exigencies of increasingly intense weather phenomena.